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Prius Forum...
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Prius Forum...
Hi Fellow MBWorld Members,
All the fighting in the forum has me wondering if the same goes on in a Prius forum. Since those owners are about saving gas, other natural resourses and Mother Earth in general, do you think there is as much arguing and bickering there?
Do they fight about?
All the fighting in the forum has me wondering if the same goes on in a Prius forum. Since those owners are about saving gas, other natural resourses and Mother Earth in general, do you think there is as much arguing and bickering there?
Do they fight about?
- 0-60 of the Prius, Prius wagon or Prius Sport?
- ECU Tune Kits and HP gains?
- The do's and don'ts of lowering the Prius?
- Aftermarket exhausts? Will the neighbors complain when hearing the throaty rumble?
- Sportin' the Prius on 20's?
- Debadging a Prius. Posing or simply going for the clean look?
- Aftermarket HID's for the Prius. Will it drain the battery system? Any other electrical system side effects?
- Premium versus Regular Unleaded and the impact on performance versus the savings at the pump?
- Sport setting on a Prius? Sacraficing ride quality for corner carving handling.
- Track Video: Performance comparison of the Prius versus the Nissan Leaf?
- Will staggering the front and rear tires void the warranty of a Prius?
- Interiors: Cloth versus Real Leather?
- Options: Shouldn't a sunroof be standard on the Prius?
- Prius S: Why Toyota won't bring the high performance version to the streets of North America?
- Batteries: Recycle properly or just throw away?
- Heel and Toeing a Prius: Birkenstocks or Flipflops?
- Street racing in a Prius: How to overtake a semi or diesel?
- Puffin' in a Prius? Smokin' grass while saving gas...
- Radar detectors - Needed in a Prius?
- Respectin' an Avatar: Listing all cars owned in the past to show your authority and fuel sippin' expertise (Civic, Sentras and bonus points for an Echo)
- Sprintboosters and Prius? How to overcome throttle lag...
- How do you drive your Prius? 1st off the light or easy cruising?
Last edited by golfster; Dec 14, 2011 at 08:22 PM.
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You forgot to include how a Prius driver brake during their daily commute - lightly to conserve brake pads and improve travelled distance/mileage or coast to a stop via other means :-)
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LOL.
As much as people like to poke fun at Prius drivers driving "slow" because their cars are "slow", they are living proof that your car can be slow as puke, but you can haul enough a$$ to be a menace. Just about ANYTIME someone does a boneheaded move on the roads, usually either speeding past and cutting off, or hauling out of a parking lot, not looking out for other cars, or overtaking lanes without any regard, or even yes- driving annoyingly slow, it's seemingly by a Prius driver.
However, I have actually visited a Prius Forum as it was linked from somewhere, and I gotta say, it seemed like some of the most chill and respectable, intelligent group of guys I've seen on any Forum yet (this was a very short visit, though).
As much as people like to poke fun at Prius drivers driving "slow" because their cars are "slow", they are living proof that your car can be slow as puke, but you can haul enough a$$ to be a menace. Just about ANYTIME someone does a boneheaded move on the roads, usually either speeding past and cutting off, or hauling out of a parking lot, not looking out for other cars, or overtaking lanes without any regard, or even yes- driving annoyingly slow, it's seemingly by a Prius driver.
However, I have actually visited a Prius Forum as it was linked from somewhere, and I gotta say, it seemed like some of the most chill and respectable, intelligent group of guys I've seen on any Forum yet (this was a very short visit, though).
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LOL.
As much as people like to poke fun at Prius drivers driving "slow" because their cars are "slow", they are living proof that your car can be slow as puke, but you can haul enough a$$ to be a menace. Just about ANYTIME someone does a boneheaded move on the roads, usually either speeding past and cutting off, or hauling out of a parking lot, not looking out for other cars, or overtaking lanes without any regard, or even yes- driving annoyingly slow, it's seemingly by a Prius driver.
As much as people like to poke fun at Prius drivers driving "slow" because their cars are "slow", they are living proof that your car can be slow as puke, but you can haul enough a$$ to be a menace. Just about ANYTIME someone does a boneheaded move on the roads, usually either speeding past and cutting off, or hauling out of a parking lot, not looking out for other cars, or overtaking lanes without any regard, or even yes- driving annoyingly slow, it's seemingly by a Prius driver.
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This is more significant for economy and environmet
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Check this out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=badoMjA_rW0
I figured this out first hand when I bought my E550. Believe it or not based on my driving profile, in city driving I only get about 13-14MPG in my 2.9 V6 Volvo S80. The same driving profile in my E550 with a 5.5 V8 actually yields about 15+ MPG average in city driving. I think it is because the engine revs never go up as much with the larger engine to get the acceleration I want thus conserving more gas. So I think if you have a tendency to accelerate you might actually get better mileage with a larger capacity engine.
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Is is ok if I replace my Prius batterypack with an aftermarket fusion reactor or will this void my warranty? Or, is the Maui Wowee good enough that I just won't care?
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Of course if you have enough horsepower you can make your car do this. . . Be sure to let the whole video play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JPBd...e_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JPBd...e_gdata_player
